Likelihood to Recommend Azure Blob Storage is well suited for cases where you are working with different data formats and looking for cost-effective storage solutions based on access frequency. Another area of strength is the encryption of data at rest, and encryption can be managed on your own. However, it may not be appropriate for transferring large data very fast.
Read full review For demo uploads or for production uploads of companies from different sectors looking for a "general computing" cloud solution, I think that OVH can be a good provider. However, for more delicate or advanced loads or for specific solutions of, for example, AI, OVH has a wide margin for improvement.
Read full review Pros Ease of use both through Azure Portal as well as API. Cost-effective solution for storing a large amount of data compared to other storage solutions. Scalability, Security, and Performance are the other key aspects of Azure Blob Storage that are easily manageable through Admin Console. Read full review Price Quality hardware Quality network Administrative tools Range of products Read full review Cons Unstructured data makes it harder to conceptualize what we have but with partners like Panzura that has been a non-issue for us. Not always easy to understand the different models or tiers you can pick from when purchasing. Read full review Technical support Account support Billing support Read full review Support Rating Documentation sometimes appears to be out of date or not fully documented properly with new releases. It is like documentation comes out for a specific version and is quickly out of date. Another issue is documentation is scarce on new releases and only seems to get properly updated (and sometimes is still wrong) once enough people hit the forums to complain.
Read full review Alternatives Considered Azure Blob Storage is the best choice to store files when the app runs in Azure. It also has some advantages over S3, like Shared Access Signatures, that make it easy to control access to files directly via a URL. Azure Blob Storage is very fast and we have not had any major issues with it after using it for several years.
Read full review Most notably OVHcloud [Public Cloud] has dedicated servers which are a different breed of product than
Linode 's flagship VPS servers, the unfortunate fact of the matter is that OVHcloud [Public Cloud] can provide a fully-dedicated server at a lower price point than
Linode 's virtual server. Even worse than that is that with a dedicated server from [OVHcloud Public Cloud] there is zero chance of "cpu theft" (aka, noisy neighbor) which is a very real problem at
Linode (we would require multiple migrations every year for servers hosted at
Linode that were experiencing cpu theft). In addition to the improvement in quality for network/hardware at OVHcloud [Public Cloud] with their dedicated server offering, their VPS servers are also highly competitive against
Linode 's VPS servers - in the 2 years we've used OVHcloud [Public Cloud] VPS's we've had zero downtime associated with OVH actions such as host-node reboots or cpu theft or host node upgrades, a stark difference compared to
Linode which regularly experiences those types of downtimes and many more on a very regular basis.
Read full review Return on Investment Azure has increased the flexibility of where we place data within our organization. It has proven to be very reliable and always accessible. Read full review Cost of virtual servers was reduced by 20% versus other VPS/Cloud providers. Cost of dedicated servers was reduced by 50% versus other dedicated server providers. Network speeds decreased considerably versus other providers. Network quotas improved considerably versus other providers (unlimited at OVH). Uptime has improved considerably which has improved client reputation. Read full review ScreenShots